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dc.contributor.authorNesset, Tore
dc.contributor.authorMakarova, Anastasia
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-14T12:03:22Z
dc.date.available2019-01-14T12:03:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-16
dc.description.abstractThis article addresses the diachronic development of so-called rival forms, i.e., words or grammatical constructions that appear to be synonyms, based on a detailed empirical analysis of two seemingly synonymous constructions in Russian. Corresponding to the English ‘decade construction’ <i>in the twenties</i>, Russian has two rival constructions, viz. <i>v dvadcatye gody</i> [<i>lit</i>. “in the twentieth years”] (with the numeral and noun in the accusative) and <i>v dvadcatyx godax </i>(with the numeral and noun in the locative case). Three hypotheses about rival forms are considered: leveling (whereby one form ousts its rival), sociolinguistic differentiation (whereby the two rivals survive in different varieties of a language) and semantic differentiation (whereby the two rivals develop different meanings over time). Contrary to what has been suggested in the literature, we find little evidence for semantic and sociolinguistic differentiation. Instead, we demonstrate that leveling is taking place, since the accusative construction is in the process of ousting its rival. While our study shows that corpus data facilitate detailed analysis of the interaction between leveling, sociolinguistic differentiation and semantic differentiation, our analysis also points to limitations, especially when it comes to corpus-based analysis of sociolinguistic and semantic factors.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version. Published version available at: <a href=http://doi.org/10.1075/dia.16043.nes> http://doi.org/10.1075/dia.16043.nes</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationNesset, T. & Makarova, A. (2018). The decade construction rivalry in Russian: Using a corpus to study historical linguistics. <i>Diachronica, 35</i>(1), 71-106. http://doi.org/10.1075/dia.16043.nesen_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1581869
dc.identifier.doi10.1075/dia.16043.nes
dc.identifier.issn0176-4225
dc.identifier.issn1569-9714
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14441
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishingen_US
dc.relation.journalDiachronica
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Russian language: 028en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Russisk språk: 028en_US
dc.titleThe decade construction rivalry in Russian: Using a corpus to study historical linguisticsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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